. >> stephanie: the safety word is always [ inaudible ] >> according to geraldo rivera. the future senator. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: how much money does he have in his campaign vault? oh it's empty. here is the angriest leprecon yesterday. john mccain. >> history has already made a judgment about the surge sir, and you are on the wrong side of it, and your refusal to answer whether you were right or wrong is going to have an impact on my decision to vote for you. >> stephanie: john mccain was the biggest proponent of this war. so obviously there is a larger issue here. >> you are exactly right. chuck hagel got a real grilling and mccain was skeptical on hagel's judgment on national security, and this is the guy who felt like sarah palin was qualified to lead the free world. he came out against the iraq war for no other reason that it was a gigantic mess. >> stephanie: republicans questioned hagel about a study he authored that called for eventual elimination of all nuclear arms. which makes him just like reagan. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> and they piled on him for t